Over and over again we have problems with poor performance with new client 
backups and restores.  Is there a document that says what the NIC settings 
should be for each client type?  For example we have highest speed possible for 
all of them, half duplex for HP, and full duplex for everything else, I think 
(I haven't checked every system and wasn't here when some were implemented).  
Setting Auto detect on the switch seems to not work correctly (causes slow 
performance).   I think the switches are set to match the server, but have no 
way to verify that.  I'd like to be able to present an official document to the 
System Administrators and the Network Engineers that states the correct 
configuration requirements.  Does Veritas have such a document or statement?

Is this a problem in other environments?  Is this just an issue in Veritas 
Backup environments?  Are my SAs and Network Engineers not following some 
industry, standard, best-practices?    I've been in IT for many years but 
working with Veritas NBU for 1 year.  I don't recall ever having network issues 
like this before.

NBU 4.5 FP5 Solaris 8 Master/Media
Clients OSF1_V5, HP-UX 11.00, HP-UX10.20, Windows2000, WindowsNT, RedHat2.4, 
RedHat 2.2, Solaris8, Solaris7.

Thanks in advance.

Cheryl King